The Crimean campaignGroombridge and Sons, 1861 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 49 találatból.
13. oldal
... latter , and Captain Whitmore , and the other officers of his personal staff ; and Captains Glyn and Mackenzie , the Brigade - Majors , serving with the Division . " Lieutenant - General His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- bridge ...
... latter , and Captain Whitmore , and the other officers of his personal staff ; and Captains Glyn and Mackenzie , the Brigade - Majors , serving with the Division . " Lieutenant - General His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- bridge ...
17. oldal
... latter for his services on this occasion . Lieutenant Butler was shot under the regimental colour ; Lieutenant Granville next volunteered to carry it , but there * This officer also behaved with great gallantry at the assault on the ...
... latter for his services on this occasion . Lieutenant Butler was shot under the regimental colour ; Lieutenant Granville next volunteered to carry it , but there * This officer also behaved with great gallantry at the assault on the ...
19. oldal
... latter was on foot , as his horse had been killed in the earlier part of the action . He went up to his lordship , and , with tears in his eyes , shook hands , saying it was not the first battle - field they had won together , and that ...
... latter was on foot , as his horse had been killed in the earlier part of the action . He went up to his lordship , and , with tears in his eyes , shook hands , saying it was not the first battle - field they had won together , and that ...
29. oldal
... latter did not suspend their fire until evening . A determined sortie was made by the Russians against the extreme left of the French , between four and five o'clock in the afternoon , but , after displaying great gallantry , they were ...
... latter did not suspend their fire until evening . A determined sortie was made by the Russians against the extreme left of the French , between four and five o'clock in the afternoon , but , after displaying great gallantry , they were ...
44. oldal
... latter having already been carried off by them . During the engagement , Major - General Codrington , fearing that the British position would be forced near the five - gun battery , and that the camp of the first brigade of the light ...
... latter having already been carried off by them . During the engagement , Major - General Codrington , fearing that the British position would be forced near the five - gun battery , and that the camp of the first brigade of the light ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Adjutant advanced trench Aide-de-Camp Alma and Balaklava Alma and Inkermann army assault Assistant August battalion battery battle of Inkermann bombardment Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Brevet-Major Brigadier-General British C.B.-Served Campaign of 1854 Captain cavalry Cemetery Charles Colonel Colour-Sergeant command conspicuous coolness Corporal Crimea despatch distinguished conduct duty Eastern Campaign Edward enemy enemy's Frederick front gallant conduct gallantry Grenadier Guards Gunner and Driver guns heavy fire Henry Honourable Hussars including the battles James Yorke Scarlett June killed Killed.-Captain left attack Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Sir light division Lord Raglan Major Major-General medal night November numbers occasion October officers party present Private JOHN Private WILLIAM Quarries Quartermaster-General Redan regiment repulse Rifle Brigade rifle-pits right attack ROBERT Royal Artillery Royal Engineers Royal Fusiliers Russians Scots Fusilier Guards September Sergeant-Major served severely wounded sharpshooter shot siege of Sebastopol Sir George Brown soldiers sortie throughout the siege trenches before Sebastopol troops volunteered whole campaign whole siege Woronzoff road Wounded.-Captain
Népszerű szakaszok
7. oldal - ... at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. The front was about two miles in extent. " Across the mouth of this great opening is a lower ridge, at different heights, varying from 60 to 150 feet, parallel to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards.
8. oldal - Infinity, immensity, closed in upon the soul from every side. N"ot a cloud in the sky, not a breath in the air, not a...
32. oldal - Enniskilleners pierced through the dark masses of Russians. The shock was but for a moment. There was a clash of steel and a light play of sword-blades in the air, and then the Greys and the Red-coats disappear in the midst of the shaken and quivering columns.
31. oldal - The farthest of the three they did not retain, but the immediate abandonment of the others, enabled them to take possession of the guns in them, amounting in the whole to seven. Those in the three lesser forts were spiked by the one English artilleryman who was in each. The Russian cavalry at once advanced, supported by artillery, in very great strength.
32. oldal - Russians, which had been smashed utterly by our charge, and had fled off at one flank and towards the centre, were coming back to swallow up our handful of men. By sheer steel and sheer courage Enniskillener and Scot were winning their desperate way right through the enemy's squadrons, and already grey horses and...
33. oldal - ... cavalry in its rear ; but there his troops were assailed by artillery and infantry, as well as cavalry, and necessarily retired, after having committed much havoc upon the enemy. They effected this movement without haste or confusion ; but the loss they have sustained has, I deeply lament, been very severe in officers, men, and horses, only counterbalanced by the brilliancy of the attack, and the gallantry, order, and discipline which distinguished it...
12. oldal - I do not go beyond the truth in declaring that they merit the highest commendation. " In the ardour of attack they forgot all they had endured, and displayed that high courage, that gallant spirit, for which the British soldier is ever distinguished, and under the heaviest fire, they maintained the same determination to conquer as they had exhibited before they went into action.
32. oldal - Royals, the 4th Dragoon Guards, and the 5th Dragoon Guards rushed at the remnants of the first line of the enemy, went through it as though it were made of pasteboard, and, dashing on the second body of Russians, as they were still disordered by the terrible assault of the Greys and their companions, put them to utter rout.
32. oldal - Guards, rushed at the remnants of the first line of the enemy, went through it as though it were made of paste-board, and dashing on the second body of Russians as they were still disordered by the terrible assault of the Greys and their companions, put them to utter rout. This Russian horse in less than five minutes after it met our dragoons was flying with all its speed before a force certainly not half its strength.
11. oldal - The conduct of the troops has been admirable. When it is considered that they have suffered severely from sickness during the last two months ; that, since they landed in the Crimea, they have been exposed to the extremes of wet, cold, and heat ; that the daily toil to provide themselves with water has been excessive...